Oscar Barnhard ODEN

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Service Number:	86
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Palmerston North, New Zealand, 25 December 1885
Home Town:	Helena Valley, Mundaring, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner, Farmer
Died:	Palmerston North, New Zealand, 15 June 1959, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North, N.Z. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance.
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 86, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 86, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 86, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
9 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 86, 11th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left hand
15 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Captured on the Somme. Interned in Limburg, Germany. Later interned in Switzerland arriving back in England on 24 March 1918
1 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 86, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to the lose of an eye

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NZbdm has his names spelt Oskar Bernhard Oden.

Son of Carl Johan Oden and Johanna Oden of Palmerston North, NZ

Member of the St. Luke Rifles Club

Next of kin given as his brother Alexis Schiller Oden of Te Pake, Bay of Plenty, NZ.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1918 aboard HT Carpentaria disembarking on 28 September 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal